You wake up and the first thing you think of doing is reaching for you phone.
But don’t. Keep it clear. Don’t put blocks in your way.
Don’t immediately go online. Don’t immediately go into content consumption mode.
Give yourself a chance to boot up. Give yourself a chance to start forming thoughts.
Don’t drown everything in your brain out before it has an opportunity to catch hold.
Keep it clear.
If you say you’ll get something done today, what do you mean?
Do you mean you’ll have it done by close of business?
Do you mean you’ll have it done by midnight?
Do you mean you’ll have it done before you go to bed, which could be 2 am tomorrow morning?
Depending on what you’re getting done the answer could be any of the three options. It only matters that you know which is appropriate and get it done by the deadline.
Tomorrow is a new day. Remember that.
Maybe today was a triumph. Great, well done. Tomorrow is a new day. You get to do it all again. You get to overcome new obstacles. You get to conquer another day. Remember that.
Maybe today was a disaster. Everything went wrong. You said the wrong things. You did the wrong things. You didn’t do enough things. That’s okay. It’s over. Tomorrow is a new day. You get to start again. You get to try again. Remember that.
Today is what it was. Today was what it could be. Now you’re done with it. Tomorrow awaits. Tomorrow always awaits. A new day. Remember that.
Are we there yet? This journey is taking too long.
Yes, the journey is long. Yes, there are many more steps. But, if you don’t keep going, if you give up too soon, you will have nothing to show for your efforts.
Yes, the start and the finish are the most interesting parts. But the middle, the in-between, matters just as much. The in-between connects beginning to end. Without the middle you have a start but no end.
No, we’re not there yet, but the journey matters.